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Political machinery : did robots swing the 2016 US presidential election?
Frey, Carl Benedikt; Berger, Thor; Chen, Chinchih - In: Oxford review of economic policy 34 (2018) 3, pp. 418-442
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Industrial revolution - industry 4.0 : are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?
Sommer, Lutz - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 8 (2015) 5, pp. 1512-1532
Purpose: Industry 4.0 represents a special challenge for businesses in general and for SMEs in particular. The study at hand will examine companies' awareness, readiness and capability to meet this challenge taking into account the special role of SMEs Design/methodology/approach: The results of...
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Occupational switching during the Second Industrial Revolution
Hobijn, Bart; Kaplan, Robert S. - 2024
During the Second Industrial Revolution, in the late nineteenth century, the proliferation of automation technologies … growing occupations affected by automation technologies. …
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Factory automation, labor demand, and local labor market
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Okazaki, Tetsuji; Zhu, Xuanli - 2024
This study examines the impact of a technological change on employment and wages, focusing on the adoption of power looms in the silk-weaving industry. Exploiting plant-level panel data from 20th century Japan, we demonstrate that at the plant level, the power loom adaption increased the...
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Automation and industrial workers ; Vol. 2, pt. 2
Adler, Frank (ed.) - 1986 - 1. ed
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Automation and industrial workers ; Vol. 2, Part 2
Adler, Frank (ed.) - 1986
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Automation: progress without people <dt.>
Noble, David F. - 1986 - 1. Aufl.
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Learning from Ricardo and Thompson : Machinery and Labor in the Early Industrial Revolution, and in the Age of AI
Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
automation in the textile industry. Despite cotton textiles becoming one of the largest sectors in the British economy, real … wages for cotton weavers did not rise for decades. As E.P. Thompson emphasized, automation forced workers into unhealthy … factories with close surveillance and little autonomy. Automation can increase wages, but only when accompanied by new tasks …
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The humachine : humankind, machines, and the future of enterprise
Sanders, Nada R.; Wood, John D. - 2020
"What started as an inquiry into how executives can adopt AI to harness the best of human and machine capabilities turned into a much more profound rumination on the future of humanity and enterprise. This is a wake up call for business leaders across all sectors of the economy. Not only should...
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The Humachine : Humankind, Machines, and the Future of Enterprise
Sanders, Nada R - 2019
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: Defining the Humachine -- 1: The Fourth Industrial Revolution -- "Deep Blue" Blues -- Kasparov's Law: Triumph of Process -- The New Kid in Town -- The "Big...
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